Cuspidor



0. P. MARKLAND GUSPIDOR. No. 257,137. Patented Apr. 25,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE,

CHARLES F. MARKLAND, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUSPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,137, dated April25, 1882.

" Application filed November 9, i881. (No model) To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. MARK- LAND, of Pittsburg, in the countyof Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Ouspidors, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is a cuspidor constructed as fully described hereinafter,so as to prevent accidents from upsetting or moving.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective Fig.2 is a vertical section,reduced size. Fig. 3 is a section, showing amodification.

Ouspidors as ordinarily constructed and placed in passage-ways andexposed places are apt to be overturned from contact with the feet ofparties passing the same, for which reason it is common to use adetachable mat of oil-cloth or other material beneath each article.This, while preventing the contents to a certain degree from beingspilled on the carpets or floors, does not prevent the overturning ofthe article, which it is the object of my invention to accomplish, andwhich object I secure by connecting the cuspidorpermanently with themat.

The mat B may be of oil-cloth, riveted to the cuspidor A, as shown inFig. 3, affording a wide base, that will prevent the article fromtipping over, or it may be of metal soldered to the body of thecuspidor, or it may be of papier-mach, molded to form a rim and flange,f, that impart stiffness, as in Figs. 1 and 2, and connected orotherwise secured to the body A. In any case the desired result iseffectually secured.

Guspidors used on shipboard are not only liable to be overset, asdescribed, but also to slide out of place and become reversed by themovement of the vessel. I prevent this by providing the base of thecuspidor with a central screw, 8, Fig. 3, or with two or more pins, asshown in Fig. 2, which serve to prevent sliding, and maintain thearticle flat on the floor or deck.

1 claim- 1. A cuspidor provided with a flat rigid base-plate or platformsecured to its bottom and extended laterally beyond its body,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a euspidor, of the body A, mat B, and one or moresecuring-pins s, as specified.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. I

CHARLES F. MARKLAND.

Witnesses JAMES I. KAY, (J. W. GADWALLADER.

